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US employers added 172,000 jobs in May, an unexpectedly strong showing

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Jun 05, 2026 4:52 pm - The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May, a surprisingly strong gain for the economy, even as employers grapple with elevated prices.
Americans’ spending props up the economy as rising prices sap savings

By Rachel Lerman
Jun 05, 2026 4:41 pm - Americans are still spending money so strongly it’s steering the economy through inflation, but rising prices are starting to take a toll on savings accounts and summer vacation plans.
Stocks slump as Big Tech sinks and a strong May jobs report boosts odds for higher interest rates

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA
Jun 05, 2026 4:15 pm - The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October on Friday as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market and a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year.
UN nuclear watchdog says it's unable to implement its monitoring responsibilities in Iran

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
Jun 04, 2026 7:14 pm - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen Thursday by The Associated Press.
Water begins refilling Reflecting Pool after Trump’s renovation to repaint it ‘American flag blue’

By NATHAN ELLGREN and MIKE CATALINI
Jun 04, 2026 7:10 pm - Water began refilling the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office.
Senate rejects an amendment barring Trump’s controversial payout fund

By Theodoric Meyer and Jarrell Dillard
Jun 04, 2026 7:06 pm - The Senate rejected an initial effort Thursday to bar the Trump administration from creating a controversial fund to compensate people who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted or investigated.
House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children

By Mariana Alfaro
Jun 04, 2026 7:00 pm - As grocery prices continue to rise nationally, the House on Thursday passed an appropriations bill that would cut funding for a program that helps pregnant women and children purchase healthy foods.
Trump strips job protections from 8,000 senior federal workers

By Meryl Kornfield
Jun 04, 2026 6:46 pm - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday reclassifying about 8,000 senior federal workers and making it easier to fire them for any reason, despite criticism that the move would politicize the civil service.
Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds

By Jonathan Edwards
Jun 04, 2026 6:26 pm - More than half the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog group.
Trump scraps ocean sensors providing crucial data on climate, flooding

By Leslie Kaufman and Eric Roston
Jun 04, 2026 4:14 pm - The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle most of a $386 million federal ocean-observing network will leave scientists without an irreplaceable source of data used to understand how climate change is affecting crucial currents and marine ecosystems and increasing coastal flooding.

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